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Ball above/below feet
Posted on 4/21/22 at 7:40 am
Posted on 4/21/22 at 7:40 am
Anyone have helpful tips or youtube videos to check out on this?
This is the next part of my game I need to practice on. It’s not too common that I end up in this situation, but for the times I am in it, any advice would be helpful!
This is the next part of my game I need to practice on. It’s not too common that I end up in this situation, but for the times I am in it, any advice would be helpful!
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Posted on 4/21/22 at 7:45 am to GEAUX5
Above feet... aim a little right and choke up a half inch or two depending on severity
Below feet... aim a little left and focus on making a smooth swing while staying down through the ball
For both situations, take a club more and shorten your swing a bit
Below feet... aim a little left and focus on making a smooth swing while staying down through the ball
For both situations, take a club more and shorten your swing a bit
This post was edited on 4/21/22 at 11:04 am
Posted on 4/21/22 at 7:48 am to 904
Thanks!
How about ball position for each situation? Is it just normal?
How about ball position for each situation? Is it just normal?
Posted on 4/21/22 at 7:54 am to 904
quote:
For both situations, take a club more and and shorten your swing a bit
Posted on 4/21/22 at 7:55 am to GEAUX5
Not necessarily, but you're probably more unstable than you otherwise would be, so if you feel like you need to put it a little more in the back of your stance to make sure you get ball first, just remember that's going to add a draw bias to your shot that should be accounted for.
I might subconsciously move ball position back a half ball or so myself.
I might subconsciously move ball position back a half ball or so myself.
Posted on 4/21/22 at 9:24 am to GEAUX5
Same as what 904 said. I'd just add lots of knee flex. I grew up playing in GA on courses where this was predominant. It's hilarious to see guys in our golf group travel from flat LA just a little north to MS and they don't know what to do on these lies
Posted on 4/21/22 at 9:47 am to 904
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Above feet... aim a little right and choke up a half inch or two depending on severity
rotate club open a hair
Posted on 4/21/22 at 9:50 am to GEAUX5
Ball below feet - line up with ball more towards the heel.
Ball above feet - line up with ball more towards the toe
Ball above feet - line up with ball more towards the toe
Posted on 4/21/22 at 10:12 am to GEAUX5
I grew up playing in Western Pennsylvania, if you've ever been, you know that there's no such thing as a flat lie there and you're always stuck on one hillside or another. Pretty solid advice here so far but you asked for some videos. Clay Ballard has a pretty good pair of videos on this, that probably explain it better, or more thoroughly than I could, the links are below.
Personal anecdotes; I usually count on 5-10 yards of curve, depending on the severity of the slope. With the ball above your feet even though you are choking down, the draw will make the ball run out more and make up some of the distance gap. Taking extra club is a good idea, but you don't need to overswing. Ball below your feet will die out a little and not run out as much. Again taking extra club is good as well the extra length will help and I personally tend to not make very solid contact with the ball below my feet and that helps solve some of that. Keep the ball normally where you would for a typical shot, you don't really need to compensate for that unless you find something that works well for you in those situations.
Ball above your feet
Ball below your feet
Personal anecdotes; I usually count on 5-10 yards of curve, depending on the severity of the slope. With the ball above your feet even though you are choking down, the draw will make the ball run out more and make up some of the distance gap. Taking extra club is a good idea, but you don't need to overswing. Ball below your feet will die out a little and not run out as much. Again taking extra club is good as well the extra length will help and I personally tend to not make very solid contact with the ball below my feet and that helps solve some of that. Keep the ball normally where you would for a typical shot, you don't really need to compensate for that unless you find something that works well for you in those situations.
Ball above your feet
Ball below your feet
Posted on 4/21/22 at 10:32 am to GEAUX5
Chris Popp told me, a loonngg time ago to align my shoulders
with the slant of the ground. This has worked well for me. I don't have the huge hooks or slices. This obviously is for uphill and down hill, not for vertical lies.
with the slant of the ground. This has worked well for me. I don't have the huge hooks or slices. This obviously is for uphill and down hill, not for vertical lies.
Posted on 4/21/22 at 12:02 pm to NonkG
Thank you all for the great responses
Posted on 4/22/22 at 11:12 am to GEAUX5
Ball above feet - weight on your toes to prevent falling away from the ball.
Ball below feet - weight in the heels to prevent falling toward the ball.
Ball below feet - weight in the heels to prevent falling toward the ball.
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